Hey all,
Not really a new member here—but hey, its been a while. I have been super busy with school lately and I'm trying to remember, but I think I have not kept anything for almost two years :blush: . Anyways, whats new over here?
Cheers,
Gripen
I am in need of a sub adult or adult female D tuncata.
My female just died out of the blue this morning before I could breed her.
I would really love to keep this species going. If you have any idea where I could get a female PLEASE let me know.
Thanks,
Gripen
Hey guys!
Yesterday I bought a 12" by 12" by 18" ZooMed (Very similar to Exo Terra) glass terrarium to breed my D. truncata in. I really want to go all out with this tank but I don't know where to start. My thoughts are that first I probably should somehow cover the metal mesh of the tank with...
I have been trying to breed my pair of Hierodula cf. venosa for over a week and a half. When I first started trying to breed them the male was four weeks into adult and the female was two weeks into adult. My first attempt at mating them started normally. I brought the female out of her cage and...
I am looking for Empusa pennata. I would like at least two pairs for breeding down the road but any extra nymphs or ooths would be fine as well.
Thanks for looking,
Gripen
Hello all!
I am currently looking for some odds and ends.
I am in need of either an L4 or L5 male truncata or a sub adult or adult female truncata.
I am also looking for a sub adult female H. venosa or a few pre sub males.
Finally I would like to get a few more pairs of gongys to increase my...
Hey folks!
In this thread I hope to document my mantis drawings. I plan to do a drawing once or twice a week and I plan to document each image in various stages of completeness.
In this first drawing I am trying to get used to drawing mantids from different angles. I want to really focus on...
Hey guys I thought I would let you all know that I am going to stop (drastically cut my collection)keeping mantids for the next year or so. I am going to sell off some of my collection soon so I will be in contact with some of you.
I will still be on the forum but not as active as I am right...
Hey all. Since this was brought up in a different thread I thought I might share this with you. It is about the new bill from Tennessee that aims at alternative theories to be taught along with evolution, such as creationism, intelligent design etc. It is a long read but worth it. It is a...
Well a couple of things have been on my mind recently. The first thing is the lack of research these days. It seems to me that people buy buy buy but don't think about what they're actually getting until it shows up at there door step. Than they don't no how to properly care for it and they...
To me it seems as idolos get more prolific gongys seem to suffer. i cant even remember the last time nymphs of this species were sold through a classifieds add. who is still actually breeding this species? (aka has 1st gen or greater nymphs or a large amount of breeding stock) please come...
this is an attempt to try to see if every one can have a common pronunciation for mantid binomials.
well here goes nothing:
Acanthops_Ak-an-thops
Acontista multicolor_Ak-on-ti-sta mul-ty-color
Blepharopsis mendica_Blef-are-op-sis men-dik-a
Brunneria borealis_Broon-air-ee-a bore-ee-al-iss...
what three mantids do any of you guys want to raise before you die? why do you like them? why are they on your list?
my bucket list is:
Harpagomantis tricolor- why? because it has it all great looks, rarity and a nice small package.
Deroplatys lobata- this is the mantid i thought all mantids...